schizophrenia
A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness…A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
» I have schizophrenia.
Ich habe Schizophrenie.
У меня шизофрения.
У мене шизофренія.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
Schizophrenie
шизофрени́яšizofreníja, схизофрени́яsxizofreníja
шизофрені́яšyzofreníja
(countable, proscribed, uncountable)A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder.
(countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable)Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
Schizophrenie
- any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Examples
26 sentencesI have schizophrenia.
У мене шизофренія. — deniko
ruУ меня шизофрения. — marafon
deIch habe Schizophrenie. — AutoBot
You'll never be alone with schizophrenia.
ruС шизофренией ты никогда не будешь один. — marafon
There is no cure for schizophrenia.
ruНет лекарства от шизофрении. — corvard
deEs gibt kein Heilmittel gegen Schizophrenie. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Sami has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The psychiatrist diagnosed me with schizophrenia.
Translations
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Origin
From German Schizophrenie (coined by Eugen Bleuler), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “toFrom German Schizophrenie (coined by Eugen Bleuler), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, heart, diaphragm”) + English -ia. A combination of schizo- + -phrenia.
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Forms
plural: schizophrenias| Singular | schizophrenia |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact:schizophrenic disorderschizophrenic psychosisdementia praecox
Word family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
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